Urdu
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Urdu /ˈʊəduː, ˈəːduː/
▶noun an Indic language closely related to Hindi, the official language of Pakistan and widely used in India.
– origin from Pers. (zabān-i-)urdū ‘(language of the) camp’ (because it developed as a lingua franca after the Muslim invasions between the occupying armies and the people of Delhi), urdū being from Turkic ordu (see horde).
'Urdu' also found in these Oxford entries:
aloo
- amir
- Arabic
- badmash
- bafta
- balti
- begum
- bhuna
- bibi
- big cheese
- biriani
- Blighty
- bund
- bundobust
- burka
- chador
- charkha
- charpoy
- chick
- chowkidar
- coolie
- cummerbund
- cushy
- dargah
- diwan
- doolally
- durbar
- durzi
- garam masala
- gymkhana
- havildar
- Hindi
- Hindu
- Hindustani
- hookah
- howdah
- ispaghula
- izzat
- jalfrezi
- jawan
- kebab
- khaki
- Khalsa
- khansama
- khus-khus
- kofta
- korma
- kurta
- Lascar
- lungi
